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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:37am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | x=Fernando Poo, isn't it? Wait, I have the trilogy!! I'll check the author....
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:37am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 2:09am)
(Why did I have to go home right when Michal post the new trivia??!! >)
That's too bad really - you missed it literally just by a few minutes! But there's already another one...
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:42am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | The Illuminatis Trilogy. "The Eye in the Pyramid"
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BTW, Michal: Did you really read that book??
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:45am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 2:36am)
x=Fernando Poo, isn't it? Wait, I have the trilogy!! I'll check the author....
Very impressive Malia! Yep, it's Fernando Poo... and I thought this was an obscure book!
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:45am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 2:42am)
The Illuminatis Trilogy. "The Eye in the Pyramid"
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BTW, Michal: Did you really read that book??
Curious, I think that's somewhere in limbo on my "To be read" pile. Is it worthwhile?
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:47am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 2:42am)
The Illuminatis Trilogy. "The Eye in the Pyramid"
Correct - now the authors' names please...
BTW, Michal: Did you really read that book??
Of course I did. Why?
I read it twice actually, and the second time it even made some sense
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:52am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (10 FEB 2003 2:47am)
Correct - now the authors' names please...
Oh, sorry! Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson...Did I win?
Of course I did. Why?
Well, as you said, it's kind of an "obscure" book. I didn't know anyone who has read it...???
I read it twice actually, and the second time it even made some sense
Good for you!!!
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:53am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Andromus (10 FEB 2003 2:45am)
Curious, I think that's somewhere in limbo on my "To be read" pile. Is it worthwhile?
Difficult to answer - if you like weird, incredibly complex, absurd and insane books, I'd say yes. Otherwise avoid it
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 2:57am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 2:51am)
Oh, sorry! Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson...Did I win?
Sure you won... just don't ask me what
Well, as you said, it's kind of an "obscure" book. I didn't know anyone who has read it...???
Well, now you do
Good for you!!!
I assume you must have read it too? I guess you're a literary omnivore just like me
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 3:07am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (10 FEB 2003 2:57am)
Sure you won... just don't ask me what
What did I win?? :
I guess you're a literary omnivore just like me
You nailed it... : I do read any kind of book...I even read this one
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 3:11am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Here's another one, but I don't expect it will survive unanswered for more than a few seconds.
"And what about this contraption for the study of necrotic fermentation, 1789? A fine allusion, really, to the putrid, reeking bastards of the Demiurge. A series of glass tubes that connect two ampules ant lead through a bubble uterus, through spheres and conduits perched on forked fins, to transmit an essence to coils that spill into the void... Balneum Mariae, sublimation of hydrargyrum, mysterium conjunctionis, the Elixir!"
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 3:21am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 3:06am)
What did I win?? :
Uhh... a kiss, if you come and get it
You nailed it... :
I do read any kind of book...I even read this one
Did you like it?
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 3:25am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | And another one! This time, X is a person.
"After an hour of searching, X realised that the grey time-traveller was no longer at the party. Because most of the guests had left, it had not been a difficult search. Disconsolate, he returned to his locomotive and swung aboard, throwing himself upon the long seat of plush and ermine, but hesitating before he pulled the whistle and set the aircar in motion, for he wanted something to happen to him--a compensation for his disappointment."
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 3:33am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | I know what x means in the second trivia, and title and author...but this time it wasn't me who read the book, but my brother...So, if you don't think it's fair, I'll let someone else answer this trivia.... :-/
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 3:43am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Well, I won't buzz in on either one of these because I had to look them up -- I'll just say the first writer wrote another novel that was a complex and engrossing mystery and a good read, but the second I've not read anything of beyond a short story or two and a book of literary criticism.
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 3:50am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Ok, I think it's fair Andromus (BTW, I like the way you think): no "looking up" (I don't care the souce, but "looking up" should be forbidden!), and no brother's answers are accepted.
So, come on, is there any other willing to answer?? :
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 3:54am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 3:33am)
I know what x means in the second trivia, and title and author...but this time it wasn't me who read the book, but my brother...So, if you don't think it's fair, I'll let someone else answer this trivia.... :-/
I don't get this - did your brother tell you what the name/book/author is after he read the excerpt? If not, go ahead and answer. If yes, it's up to you.
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 4:05am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | I think your question is answered in my previous post (and yes, he read the excerpt, and then remembered the book/x/author, he likes that kind of books)
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 4:19am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 4:05am)
I think your question is answered in my previous post (and yes, he read the excerpt, and then remembered the book/x/author, he likes that kind of books)
So you've got help there huh? That's not fair
But, tell you what - why don't you let your bro answer?
And what about the first excerpt? I'm pretty sure you read the book...
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 8:57pm |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (10 FEB 2003 3:11am)
Here's another one, but I don't expect it will survive unanswered for more than a few seconds.
I wasn't going to answer...But you asked me!!!
"Foucalt's Pendulum", by Umberto Eco...
Any more questions?? :
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 9:55pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (10 FEB 2003 8:57pm)
I wasn't going to answer...
What do you mean, "wasn't going to answer"? You have to - or someone has - otherwise there's no point to this :
"Foucalt's Pendulum", by Umberto Eco...
Any more questions?? :
Very good, that is the correct answer of course. Sans a little typo or spelling error that had crept in
Anyway since no one else seems to be capable of doing it, you'll probably have to answer the other trivia question as well, even if your brother told you what it was.
Should the next question(s) be harder or easier?
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| 11 FEB 2003 at 1:18am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Mmm, I still don't know if this is fair...
Just one answer (I think Andromus knows the others, anyway): x stands for "Jherek" (doesn't it? )
Come on Andromus, your turn to reply...
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| 11 FEB 2003 at 1:24am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Malia G (11 FEB 2003 1:17am)
Mmm, I still don't know if this is fair...
Just one answer (I think Andromus knows the others, anyway): x stands for "Jherek" (doesn't it? )
What can I say, Jherek is 100% correct
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| 11 FEB 2003 at 1:24am |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Foucault's Pendulum (I hate my keyboard!! >)
Is it alright now?? :
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